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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1937)
, Pole Vaulting George Varoff Wins Honors For Oregon In East Hobson Points Duck Defense for Beaver Invasion on Saturday Checking, Foul Shooting Poor in Idaho Series, Oregon Mentor Says; Stiff Workouts Slated All guns in the Webfoot strong hold are now definitely pointing for Oregon State’s much kicked Y about, but highly dangerous Beaver basketball team. The quintets clash in Corvallis Saturday night. Coach Howard Hobson drove his basketeers through a rigid drill yesterday afternoon, stressing mainly individual defense. Heavy workouts are on tap for the rest of this week. Impersonating Slat Gill’s two aces, Hub Tuttle and Art Merry man, the Webfoot mentor led a quartet of reserves, using the Orange style of offense, against Oregon’s starting five of Silver, (Please turn to page four) y Fhi Delts Capture Handball Crown Paul Jackson Edges Oul AI Davis in Final Game; All Games Close By CHUCK VAN SCOYOC Phi Delta Theta garnered its intramural championship of the year when its handball team edged out the ATOs, 2 to 1, in a final match played yesterday. In the opening game, Ed Stro hecker, Phi Delt, was defeated by Jack Stafford, ATO, in straight games. Although both contests were close, Stafford seemed to have the necessary punch to carry him to victory. The Phi Delts evened the score ^ in the second match when their doubles team, composed of Sid Milligan and Bill Martin, edged A out the ATO duet of Al Davis and Don Anderson, two out of three games. In the deciding fray of the after noon, Paul Jackson nosed out Al Davis to give the Phi Delts the championship. Jackson practically duplicated the feat performed by the doubles team. After dropping the first game, he rallied to win the next two. The championship was the first of the year for the Phi Delts, and the first loss of a championship in this term for the ATOs. Warren’s Men Resume Work After Travels Two-Game Hoad Series Split; Ducklings Are Pointing for OS Hook Clash Friday Oregon's drooping Ducklings, who played the same style of ball on their road trip as their big brother did at home, winning one and losing one, settled down to some serious work last night in preparation for their coming games this weekend with the Ore gon State Rooks. On last Friday night the frosh trounced the strong Texaco Oilers at Tillamook 57 to 29, in a high scoring contest. The yearlings were definitely “on” that night and hit almost every shot they tried. But on Saturday night at As toria, against the Union Oil quin tet, Portland, they showed a com plete reversal of form, and went down to a smashing defeat, their second of the season, 52 to 26. Frosh Play Ragged According to the frosh mentor John Warren, his men not only couldn't hit their hats but couldn't hang on to the ball long enough to attempt to cast off. The frosh play throughout the contest was ragged and sloppy, many set up shots missed, easy passes fumbled and all around poor floor work. Warren intends to put his men through some stiff workouts this week in order to iron out many of the defects that became apparent on this trip. The first year men w'ill probably workout against the varsity for the remainder of the week. A practice tilt with Rubensteins of Eugene is tentatively scheduled for tonight. The Eugene independ ents are a tough outfit and should give the freshmen plenty of work. Pavalunas Hurt The entire frosh outfit came through the two games in good condition with the exception of Matt Pavalunas who is still bother ed with a sore foot. It is expected that Pavalunas will be in condi tion by the end of the week how ever. (Please turn to payc four) Staters Down Vandal Squad 42-17 Count Orangemen Hold Idaho To Three Field Goals In First Half; Roll to 24-7 Lead on Longs Northern Division Standings - Points - W L Pet. For A’st use .8 3 .728 392 356 Wash. 8 4 .667 440 408 OREGON 6 4 .600 343 329 OSC .3 6 .333 436 392 Idaho 1 9 .100 263 851 Games this week: Tonight — Idaho at Oregon State. Friday — Washington at Washington State. Saturday — Washington at Washington State; Oregon at Oregon State. Oregon State’s fighting Beaver basketball team out-fought the last-place Idaho Vandals at Cor vallis last night to sink them, 42 to 17, under an avalanche of long shots. Slats Gill's Orangemen, paced by Hub Tuttle, forward, who tallied 11 points, limited the visitors to (Please turn to facie jour) Varsity Practice Stops Volleyball Senior Bail Necessitates Closing of the Igloo; One Game Played Today’s Volleyball Games 4:00—Canard Hall (A) vs. Del ta Tau Delta (A); Pi Kappa .. .Alpha (A) vs. Sigma Phi Ep silon (A). 4:40—Beta Theta Pi (A) vs. ThetaChi (A); Omega Hall (A) vs. Kappa Sigma (A). 5:20—Phi Sigma Kappa (A) vs. Phi Kappa Psi (A); Sigma Chi (A) vs. Sigma Alpha Ep silon. With the varsity basketball team being forced to use one court of the new men’s gym because of the senior ball at the Igloo, intra mural volleyball was virtually at a standstill yesterday. Only one of the six scheduled games was com pleted. Alpha Tau Omega A team broke back into the win column when it defeated ..the ..Abba ..Dabbas ..in (Please turn to payc four) He Chases Big Ten Casabas A Louis Bodreau, above, is a member of the University of Illinois basketball squad, i in what is called by experts the nation’s toughest basketball conference. strong competitor * The Firing Line By PAT FRIZZELL It isn't a question of what was “the matter" with Oregon Friday and Saturday. Admittedly, the Webfoots weren’t play ing their best basketball. They weren't on their game at all. But, after all. when you analyze the situation, what ran you expect? Coach Hobby Hobson and his sophomores had already accomplished plenty and were due for a letdown. At the start of the season, did anybody go around picking Oregon to gallop to the division title? Of course not. There was the usual hope that springs eternal. But there was only one returning regular. Everything was sophomores. * # # # Well, the lads have won eight games and lost only four. If that isn’t a respectable record for a first string composed of three sophomores, one reserve, and one regular, I’ll concede the conference spoils to Idaho or something. This is a sophomore year at Oregon. Prink Callison had a sophomore football team. Incidentally, it didn't do any two-to one winning, but that’s neither here nor there. Point is that we’re looking forward in both football and basketball. Only Johnny Lewis of this season's first five will be gone next winter. Only Lewis, Ken Purdy, and Bill Courtney of the whole outfit will be missing. The sophomores will then be juniors and championship talk may be justified. # # # # I bis isn t any alibi for the comparatively lousy performance of the Ducks last weekend. It’s just a reminder that exper ienced, veteran teams win championships. The gravy never was expected to come this way. If it does come—and it’s still a possibility—it will be triple credit to Hobby and the sophomores. Right now Washington State has every reason to cop the silverware and a shot at Stanford. The Cougars play Wash ington in two more games this coming Friday and Saturday. This time the show goes on at Pullman, and if Jack Friel's vets should grab a pair it’s in the bag. And, like it or cry over it, that's a possibility not too remote. Both Idaho games were weak sisters from a spectator angle. But they were hardly weak enough to merit the poor atten dance. And the terrific sportsmanship of the Webfoot rooting section Friday night was something for the book. Persons who walk out early on athletic contests every time the home team slips behind are fair-weather friends of the worst variety. They’re the same “fans” who stay away in droves when “their” team is on stormy seas and then hop the band wagon with an “I saw ’em first” when they get up and win a game or two. That thing Friday was sloppy and disappointing, but it wasn’t over until the final whistle. Let’s stick around and play fair with the lads. Some day the walkers-out will miss a Frank Merriwell finish that will make conversation for years. And. they’ll be deserving. * # # * Idaho’s stocky little Steve Belko, who’s a brother of Max Belko, Southern California football tackle a year or two ago, is a young man who would gladden the heart of any hoop coach. He transferred from Compton junior.college and Inis two more years of eligibility, lie was the spark of the Vandal team in both games. Kramer, the guard, is an all-around athlete. Not only does he play a mean first base on Idaho's baseball team and do a fair job on the basketball squad. He puts the shot, too. He must. Perhaps the gent never earned a track letter, but when he pushes out that left arm and follows up and through—the ball pestiferously plunking, much too often, into the hemp— lie’s Bill Foskett or even Jack Torrance all over again. Winter appeared to be a good ball player, and Smith and Johnson were okay, but what the Vandals lack is reserves. Forrest Twogood said before the series that he had just five real ball players, and the games here bore out the truth of his statement. But the Vandals, like the Ducks, are sophomores and comers. Only senior on the squad is Substitute ltobcrtson. # # # # When a guy travels three thousand miles to do something he’s never done before and then sets a world’s record at it, he deserves all the bouquets and plaudits he can get. Musician George Varoff brought Oregon more publicity through his world-record-breaking pole vault performance at the Boston Garden Saturday night that a dozen press agents with mega-: phones could drum up in a year. Last summer when ‘ ‘ Our George ’ ’ cracked the outdoor pole vault mark he was listed, to the distress of Oregonians, as George Varoff of the San Francisco Olympic club. Now it’s different. Varoff is a full-fledged student here, and he’s com peting under Oregon colors. * * * * Before he went cast Varoff had never vaulted indoors. In his first meet at the Millro.se Games in New York, he topped only j.j feet, !1 inches, nine and onc-lialf inches below his world’s outdoor record. But Saturday at Boston lie stole the show by poling himself over a bar stretched at a height of 14 feet 4 and seven-eighths inches. This coming Saturday, in all probability, he II compete against another field of champions in the New York athletic club games at Madison Square. And the Eastern papers are going wilds over the quiet, unassuming young man. Interviews, pictures galore, and banner headlines. Mr. \ arol’f is putting Oregon on a map even the effete East can’t overlook. FRATERNITY LETTERS— l. se a news letter of your chapter's activities to keep the alumni interested and working and rushing for your fraternity. We print them reasonably. Valley Printing Co. Stationers Phone 470 70 W. Broadway Punching His Way lIp Elion Owen, Oregon student, lias been making a name for himself in loeal boxing circles for two years. Now he is working toward a return bout with Joe Bradshaw. Newsmen Rout Sports; Sports Outplay Newsies A fast-breaking, sure-shooting Emerald news staff put on the steam Saturday and swamped its traditional opponents, the sports staff, in a one-sided basketball game, 19 to 9. The weak sportsters played rag ged ball and were completely out classed by their smoother oppo nents, who allowed them to push in a few cripples in the last min utes of play. As usual, dirty and rough play ing characterized the crude Friz zelites, and in the last few minutes they resorted to football tactics and send High Scorer Hobson, who piled up nine points, to the showers with a broken foot. Clever Hop-Skip-and-Jump Hop kins, the California cruncher, led the floor play of the battling news men. Ably aiding him were LeRoy Mattingly, the Elko eradicator, and Potential Publisher Leonard Greenup, the Minot Mastermind. A clever attempt of the silly sportsters to take the game by un fair means was spoiled by quick acting newsmen. The sports had jerked Morry the Monster Hender son from the game and put him in to help the referee, but threats of headlines exposing his crookedness stopped the attempt. In an endeavor to give the sappy sportsmen a chance in the final period, the newsmen sent in a re serve combination. Paced by Quacker Johnson, of Old Oregon fame, the subs continued the merciless massacre and foiled the panting sports staff in its desper ate drive to reach the 10-point mark. AOPis, ADPis Win WAAHoopGames Alpha Omieron i'i Moves Into Semi-Final Kouml Oi (Jusahu Tourney Apha Omieron Pi swung up into the semi-finals of the WAA bas ketball tournament by defeating Kappa Alpha Tehta, 13 to 2, yes terday afternoon. The Theta sextet, outplayed by the aggressive AOPis, was unable to score any points except the field goal made by Jean Cleveland in the first half. Shirley Rising, AOPi, made seven points for her team. Summary: AOPi (13) Kappa Alpha Theta (2) Rising, 7 Sehmor, 2 Ketchum, Bauman ... DeKonig .. McCorkle F. . F.. ..F.. ..G G. . G Espy Labbe 2, Cleveland . McCoy . Green — Robbins Officials: Misley, Branthover. Alpha Delta Pi's smooth-playing A colorful, hard-fighting Emer ald sports staff basketball team was edged out by an inferior news staff conglomeration Saturday in a bitter battle of brain and brawn— the sportsters had a big advantage in both. Prejudiced scorekeepers, wearing news staff regalia, report ed the final count as 19 to 9. Led by John Pink, the Astpria Assassin, and Cece (Palmberg) Walden, the smooth - working sports staff combination outplayed the newsies in every department but the score. Other standout stars in the sports staff lineup included Bruce Currie, the Leaburg Lynx, Morrie (the Monster) Hen derson, Wendell (Ace) Wyatt, and Pat Frizzell, that bashful editor. The sports staff piled up an early lead with a colorful first quarter scoring drive that sent the newsies reeling on their heels. The news staff army, reinforced con stantly by fresh reserves, flashed an assortment of foul tactics early in the second half and pulled ahead. With the officials calling every break against Qic fighting sportsmen, the front page ink slingers managed to connect on enough prayer shots to nose out. The sports staff has issued an other challenge to the newsies for another game, Latest odds on any future contest are 28 to 1 on the sports staff. Odds are 3 to 1 that the news staff will not show for titude enough to accept the chal lenge. team downed Susan Campbell hall, 34 to 21, in one of the hardest fought games of the tournament. Led by Gretchen Smith, who scored 20 points, the ADPi for wards displayed excellent team work. Summary: ADPi (34) Sunsan ('uniphi'll (21) Smith, C., 20 F 13, Moshberger Smith, P.F.... 6, Nakajima Oversteret, 8 . . F. Bales Heislcr, 0 F. 2, LeFors Van Dellen . G.Borden Longhead.G. Cohen Wimber ..G.. ... .... Abfalder Officials: East burn, Boyd. Webfoot Star Sets Indoor World Mark Sophomore Flash Wins Publicity for Oregon With Record Jump in Boston Meet I George Varoff, University of Oregon sophomore, blazed new trails in indoor pole vaulting and won for Oregon a tremendous amount of publicity Saturday, when he set a new indoor world’s record of 14 feet, 4% inches in the Boston A. A. games at the Boston Garden. Varoff, who broke the world’s outdoor mark by clearing 14 feet, %'/£ inches in the East last summer, won over a flock of the world's best vaulters in the Boston games. His record was seven-eighths of an inch higher than the previous best vault, made by Keith Brown of Yale three years ago. Out jumps Meadows Unable to match Varoff’s height were Sueo Oye, the Japanese ace; Earle Meadows, Southern Califor nia, leading American vaulter in ♦he Olympic games, and Oscar Sutermeister, Boston. Oye and Meadows tied for sec ond at 14 feet, 3 inches, but Oye was awarded second because he cleared the height on his first at tempt. Sutermeister made an even 14 feet. Acclaimed by Writers Varoff was acclaimed by East ern writers and fans after his record-breaking performance. He had previously competed in the Millrose A. A. games at Madison Square Garden in New York, where he finished fourth in an all star field. The Oregon pole vault ace will probably compete in the N.Y.A.C. indoor meet at New York this com ing Saturday. He is not yet listed as a competitor there, but he is certain to be entered before meet time. First Indoor Meet The present eastern trip marks Varoff's first experience at vault ing indoors and makes his record all the more outstanding. Varoff is competing in the east ern meets under the colors of the University of Oregon. When he set his record last summer he was competing for the San Francisco Olympic club. He will return to the campus here following the meet Saturday. Spring Football To Start Monday Opening Drills Scheduled For This Week Delayed By Bad Weather At the first varsity football meeting' of the year held at the Igloo, Coach Prince G. Callison an nounced that owing to the cold weather spring practice scheduled to start this week will not begin until next Monday. There were 37 hopefuls out to greet the mentor, mostly members of last year's freshmen crew. The opening several weeks of practice will be devoted to teach ing the new men their assignments on different plays, and players on last year’s varsity are not expected to turn out until the latter part of this term or the first part of next. Callison urged all those turning out to draw their equipment this week sometime, so that they will be ready to start on next Monday. He also stressed the fact that men should get their equipment to fit them. Announcement! 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